0000721683-15-000125.txt : 20150921 0000721683-15-000125.hdr.sgml : 20150921 20150921114433 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000721683-15-000125 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150914 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150921 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150921 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000721683 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 581493818 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1600 FIRST AVENUE STREET 2: P O BOX 1755 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 BUSINESS PHONE: 7066492267 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1600 FIRST AVENUE CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Watson Patricia A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001570660 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10254 FILM NUMBER: 151116839 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. STREET 2: ONE TSYS WAY CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: 2Q ZIP: 31901 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2015-09-14 0 0000721683 TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES INC TSS 0001570660 Watson Patricia A P. O. BOX 2506 COLUMBUS GA 31902-2506 0 1 0 0 Senior EVP and CIO No securities are beneficially owned. 0 D Garilou Page, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-09-21 EX-24 2 attach_1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints each of Kathleen Moates and Garilou Page, or each of them

signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's

true and lawful attorney in fact to:



(1)prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's

behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

(the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other

documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords

enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of

reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;



(2)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director of Total System Services, Inc.

(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(3)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such

Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments

thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange

or similar authority; and



(4)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of

benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the

undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power

of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in

facts's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power

and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever

requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of

the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,

with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and

confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's

substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by

virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys

in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,

are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any or the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with

respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of September, 2015.



/s/Patricia A. Watson